Hong Kong

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

An administrative region of southeast China on the coast southeast of Guangzhou, including Hong Kong Island and adjacent areas. Hong Kong Island was occupied by the British during the Opium War (1839-1842) and ceded to them by the Treaty of Nanking (1842). Other portions of the colony were acquired in 1860 and in 1898 by a 99-year lease. A free port and important center of international commerce and banking for most of the 20th century, Hong Kong reverted to Chinese sovereignty in 1997. Victoria is the capital. Population: 6,980,000.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

proper n. A coastal administrative region in south-east China, formerly a British colony, currently a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

n. formerly a Crown Colony on the coast of southern China in Guangdong province; leased by China to Britain in 1842 and returned in 1997; one of the world's leading commercial centers

Etymologies

From Cantonese 香港 (Hēunggóng). (Wiktionary)

Examples

Life is lived at a slower pace here and the insight the island offers into nature and traditional ways of life is not to be missed.8 Natural wondersSai Kung is known as Hong Kong's back garden, consisting of a vast area of exotic landforms, parkland and marine habitat.

In this regard, after the formation of the third-term Hong Kong government in July 2007, the government issued the "Green Paper on Constitutional Development" to consult the public on the models, roadmap and timetable for implementing universal suffrage.

The third-term Hong Kong government, led by Chief Executive Donald Tsang, has made substantive progress in rolling forward democracy by attaining the timetable for implementing universal suffrage for the election of the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council.

We will strive to forge consensus within the community on the two electoral methods for 2012 within the tenure of the current-term Hong Kong government, so as to roll forward Hong Kong's democracy to a midway point in 2012 and pave the way for implementing universal suffrage for the Chief Executive and the Legislative Council in 2017 and 2020, respectively.